Itsy Bitsy Exercises

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• Lunch Date at the Witch's House
  July 11, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  What do witches serve for lunch, anyway? You're going to find out – assuming you can find the witch's house! In this exercise, the player needs to enter the house belonging to the witch, but unfortu... Continue reading

  
• Stock City
  July 10, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Today's exercise doesn't have its own Bitsy file – it's all about taking an image and translating it into a modular tileset. I typically run this exercise with the attached image – Small Town Main... Continue reading

  
• Shrine of the Sword
  July 09, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  The player approaches the sword only to discover it's a fake – the real one is hidden in the hollow of the tree in back of the shrine. (A hidden dialogue trigger will activate when the player goes u... Continue reading

  
• The Museum of 1980s Artifacts
  July 08, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  A very simple exercise in writing with voice – meaning how characters communicate their values and worldview via their dialogue and narration. The Museum of 1980s Artifacts is a single room with fou... Continue reading

  
• The Wizard's Tower
  July 07, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  We're kicking things off with not-quite-an-exercise - this is more of an early project to get students acquainted with the features of the Bitsy editor. What's in the file? The first room of what will... Continue reading